Love the spare sound of this. Rivers of Gold by Idée Fixe Records

Aurelio is a Honduran musician and member of the Garifuna community. This song is from his new album, Laru Beya. It makes me happy. Mayahuaba by subpop

Ukulele phenom Jake Shimabukuro covers The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” working his way into a pretty killer ukulele crescendo.

Great video about the making of Neil Young’s new album. Producer Daniel Lanois notes that it was recorded over four full moons because, “Neil has noticed that he’s written his best songs during that potent time.” He also talks about his use of “dub sonics” to arrive at a rich sound. As he has said [...]

One day I’d like to construct a writing seminar, maybe just two or three hours long, drawing lessons from the songs of Joni Mitchell. I’d include “For Free” — such a great song — for its subtlety and structure, its narrative arc. I was listening to it recently after reading Vivian Gornick’s book, The Situation [...]

The most heartbreaking song about war I’ve ever heard.

Inspired by the uprising in Iran, Mike Scott of The Waterboys set this Yeats poem to music. Beautiful.